Kent's Q-Step Centre

09/05/2019

We still have places available on the Q-Step summer school that runs from Monday 17th June for 2 weeks. Students in POLIR, SSPSSR and Law are eligible to apply. Please email [email protected] for more details, or look on our website at:

The Q-Step Summer School is a two-week residential course which runs every year, providing an introduction to quantitative methods for the social sciences. It is open to first year students in SSPSSR, KLS and POLIR and is a pre-requisite for any student wishing to transfer to a “with Quantitative ...

05/04/2019

Introducing the 2019 Kent Q-Step Summer School!

The Q-Step Summer School is a two-week residential course providing an introduction to quantitative methods for the social sciences. This year’s topic is Race and Ethnicity.

It is open to first year students in SSPSSR, POLIR and KLS and is a pre-requisite for any student wishing to transfer to a “with Quantitative Research” minor degree, such as BA (Hons) Sociology with Quantitative Research and LLB ( Hons) Law with Quantitative Research.

It is a fun and challenging course and will boost your employability. You will be working intensively alongside other students from a range of disciplines to complete a real piece of social scientific research.

The course will run for two weeks from Monday 17 June to Friday 28 June 2019.

To register for the course, please visit https://www.kent.ac.uk/qstep/summerschool.html

Any questions, please email Dr Trude Sundberg [email protected]

The Q-Step Summer School is a two-week residential course which runs every year, providing an introduction to quantitative methods for the social sciences. It is open to first year students in SSPSSR, KLS and POLIR and is a pre-requisite for any student wishing to transfer to a “with Quantitative ...

02/04/2019

For our Q-Step 2018 graduates, have a look at this job ad if you're still looking for something: https://www.renaisi.com/job/quantitative-research-analyst/
And do get in touch if you'd like to speak for 5 minutes at our Showcase event celebrating 5 years of Q-Step at Kent on the 27th June.

27/03/2019

Unfortunately we have had to cancel our pubTALK scheduled for the 8th April but we hope to welcome Keli Jenner back later in the year. Watch this space for further announcements!

01/03/2019

We have the next of our 2019 pubTALKs on Monday 11th March, 7 for 7.30 pm at the Old Buttermarket. Do come and share a drink and a few questions! Topic this month is 'Secular Muslim Women’s Activism in the Age of ISIS' and is given by University of Kent associate lecturer, Hind Elhinnawy. It promises to be a fascinating event!

13/02/2019

Really interesting and thought provoking pubTALK on Monday night - thank you so much David Oliver. Next one is Monday 11th March - Hind Elhinnawy - hope to see you there!

30/01/2019

We have the first Kent Q-Step pubTALK of 2019 on Monday 11th February at the Old Buttermarket, Canterbury, 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Professor David Oliver from the Tizard Centre will speak about, 'Palliative care - not just for cancer?'. Do come and join us - entry is free and we would love to see you there!

04/10/2018

Q-Step podcast Series 2 is now available on our website: https://www.kent.ac.uk/qstep/Podcast.html. Please do take a look!

'How to Win Arguments with Numbers' is a podcast about how statistics can inform our understanding of the human world. In this new season we talk to researchers who study elections and their consequences. Are our democracies changing? And how can we use data to measure this? Each episode focuses on....

05/04/2018

Focus Group for 3rd year Q-Step students - TODAY!

Cornwallis East, 3rd floor - 2-4pm
Free pizza available from 1pm

Please come along and give us your views on the Q-Step programme – what has worked, what hasn't and what can we do to improve things

All participants will receive a £10 Amazon voucher!

Please RSVP to Victoria on [email protected]

01/03/2018

We are sorry to announce that Monday's pubTALK will be cancelled. We will be rescheduling it so please keep an eye on our page/website for more details. For those who were planning on attending on Monday please still do pop along to The Jolly Sailor for a pint and to enjoy their Open Mic Night. pubTALKs will be back again on Monday 9th April.